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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
brag \brag\, v. i. imp.  p. p. bragged; p. pr.  vb. n.
   bragging. oe. braggen to resound, blow, boast cf. f.
   braguer to lead a merry life, flaunt, boast, of. brague
   merriment, from icel. braka to creak, brak noise, fr. the
   same root as e. break; properly then, to make a noise, boast.
   ?95.
   to talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self,
   in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder;
   to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to
   brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great
   things one intends to do.
   1913 webster

         conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
         brags of his substance, not of ornament. --shak.
   1913 webster

   syn: to swagger; boast; vapor; bluster; vaunt; flourish; talk
        big.
        1913 webster
see also:
bragged bragging 95 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
brag
     adj : exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag
           cornfield" syn: boss
     n : an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
         fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his
         gasconade" syn: bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing,
          line-shooting, gasconade
     v : show off syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, gas,
          blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
     also: bragging, bragged
see also:
boss bragging crow crowing vaporing line-shooting 
gasconade boast tout swash shoot a line 
gas blow bluster vaunt bragged 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bragging
     adj : exhibiting self-importance; "big talk" syn: boastful, braggarta,
            bragginga, braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, crowing,
            self-aggrandizing, self-aggrandising
     n : an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
         fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his
         gasconade" syn: brag, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting,
          gasconade
see also:
boastful braggarta bragginga braggy big cock-a-hoop 
crowing self-aggrandizing self-aggrandising brag crow 
vaporing line-shooting gasconade 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
bragging
     see brag
see also:
brag 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
41 moby thesaurus words for "bragging":
   gascon, bluster, boast, boastful, boastfulness, boasting, bombast,
   brag, braggadocio, braggart, braggartism, bravado, conceit,
   conceited, fanfaron, fanfaronade, fanfaronading, gasconade,
   gasconading, gasconism, heroics, jactation, jactitation,
   rodomontade, self-advertising, self-applauding, self-flattering,
   self-glorious, self-lauding, self-vaunting, side, swagger,
   thrasonic, thrasonical, vain, vainglorious, vanity, vaporing,
   vaunt, vauntery, vaunting





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